Mark your calendar for this historic exhibit! Screenshot this first slide and come over to see the exhibit. I'll be there for the reception for sure and I'll try to make it to the speaker series too 🤗 Who else is coming? #bayareaartists #printmakersofcalifornia #linocutprint #blockprinting

Working a circular gradient. I love the marks that are left on the newsprint 🥰 #linoprint #printmakers #ink

I am so excited for this! The Marin Society of Artist has organized their first exhibition on hand-pulled prints & I am so honored to be part of it" October 8th to November 1st at the MSA Gallery in San Rafael, CA. I would be overjoyed if you came to see it! #printmakers #linocut #bayarea

I've been mulling over a couple of monochrome #linocutprints and in the process I returned to this little print. In RIVER BEND I tried to capture that magic moment the light starts to shape the world around us. A monochrome approach felt perfect for it. What do you think? #blockprinting

THE KISS, Unframed & framed: What a difference a frame does, don't you think? The moment I changed from an 8x8 frame (the size of the paper) to a 16x16 one with a wide mat board this print popped in a way that truly made me happy. So now I only display it on that bigger frame 😍 #linocut #printmaking

Want to learn reduction printmaking among a small group of supportive fellow creatives in the Bay Area? Then this is for you! More info on my website! #reductionprintmaking #bayarea #workshops #printmaking

Scenes in my studio. Quality checks and editorializing, testing frames, getting sidetracked by the light...🤩 The FORGET-ME-NOT edition is looking really beautiful, I can't wait to see how it does out in the world! Available now on Etsy! #linoreduction #Printmaking

✨✨✨Last Tuesday Sale! ✨✨✨ Only today CARVE AWAY is available at half its regular price! Get it now! This print is for the relief printmakers, the woodcarvers, and those that carve out time in their busy lives to art...that is: you! #linocutprint #blockprint #Printmaking #reliefprintmaking

Workshops are the best! Lillian and Anita, did a two-Saturday jigsaw printing Deep Dive and...look at their work!!!! Incredible! We had so much fun nerding out about all the aspects of this craft 🤩 Thank you for choosing my studio! #eastbayart #artworkshops #printmaking #linkcut #jigsawprintmaking

FORGET ME NOT, a 6 layer reduction print 🥰 thewonderstruckshop.etsy.com/listing/4356...

Forget-me-nots are now available on my Etsy! I have been so excited to share this reduction print with you all, I'm really happy with how it turned out! #reductionprint #linocutprint #irenkapareto #thewonderstruckprintmaker

✨✨✨Only today! ✨✨✨ 6 SKY prints are being offered at 50% discount. Get it now before they go! "SKY" is an original handmade multiblock woodcut print, limited edition of 33 measures 9"x 12". #multiblockprint #woodblock #woodcarving #reliefprintmaking #linocutprint #printmaker

Today add the next layer to this print. #Printmaker #reductionprint #workinprogress #behindthescenes #blockprinting

"Will Bloom Again" Reduction Linocut, limited edition. ****On sale only today*** #linocut #printmaking #poppies #bayarea

Only for 24h, a 50% discount on WILL BLOOM AGAIN, a limited edition reduction print. Head to my shop to claim yours before they disappear! #printmaker #linocut #reductionprint #bayareaart #berkeley

Only today! TEND is on sale on my Etsy store. Bloopers and all 😁👍🏼 #printmaker #eastbay #linocut #blockprint

Details: 1. One print 50% off every Tuesday in August at 9am PST 2. The print on sale will be the only one in my “featured items” section on Etsy. 3. The sale will last 24h or until all the prints offered are sold. 4. Each Tuesday a different print! #printmaker #linocut #bayarea

AGAVE is now dry and available in my store! Do you have agave plants where you live? Do they intrigue you too? What sidewalk/front yard beauties stop you in your tracks? 🌵🌿 #linocut #printmaking #inkonblock #nativeplants #bayareaartist #agave #wildlife #blockprinting

Work in progress: Forget-me-not reduction print. #reductionprint #printmaker #bayarea #linocut

There are still 2 spots available for the August 16-23 workshop, let me know if you have any questions! Jigsaw Printing is really fun because it allows you to get a full color print in one go. This #printmaking method is really special and joyful, to be honest, I just want to spread the word!

"PURR" is now available! This is a 5- layer, limited edition, 9x12 linocut, printed in washi paper. This might be my favorite this year, I'm keeping one copy for myself...The rest, is all for you! Now available in my shop ❤️ #printmaking #catart #blockprint #bayareaartists #linocutprint #handmadeart

Ready for test printing! I can't wait to see how this one looks although I am terrified I have gotten used to the block and the mirroring is going to feel off...sigh... #blockprinting #printmaking #california

I am teaching a workshop on Jigsaw #Blockprint next month in #Berkeley CA. In this deep-dive I'll cover all the tips and tricks to get a beautiful print using this method. check my website for more! #linocut #printmaker

There are still 2 spots available for the August 16-23 workshop, let me know if you have any questions! Jigsaw Printing is really fun because it allows you to get a full color print in one go. This #printmaking method is really special and joyful, to be honest, I just want to spread the word!

I have 3 more deep dive workshops coming up in 2025 and I am truly excited for them! Check all the info on my website and let me know if you have any questions! #printmaking #eastbayart #bayareaworkshops #linocut

I love teaching one-on-one bespoke sessions and this one was particularly nerdy 🤗 which is the best! Thank you @agavinart.bsky.social for choosing me to work with you! #linocut #printmaking

"PURR" is drying on the racks, you'all, and will be available first to my newsletter Subscribers next Tuesday June 10th at noon (PST). Subscribe today! PURR is a 5-layer, multi block relief print, 9"x12" #linocutprint #multiblockprint #printmaker #thewonderstruckprintmaker

Rounding corners on my newest design with a drawing compass. I felt a special kind of exhilaration deducing how to do this from half remembered grade school math 😁 #notai #sohandmade #linocut #artsandcraft #eastbayart

So much going on in the studio and in life (fellow parents also experiencing the end-of-year flurry of spring concerts and events: I salute you!). Anyway: this is layer 3. Layer 4 is going down today. #printmaking #multiblock #linocut #artprocess

Layer 2! I continue being enamored of these middle stage prints for some reason 🤓 Crossed fingers that the next two, very crucial, blocks work their magic too! But I must be patient and let these completely dry for the next one... #Printmaker #multiblockprint #linocut #eastbaycraft #berkeleylife

Spent a few hours this morning finishing the last block of my current multi block, finally done with carving! This one is going to take a lot of careful attention to ink well without clogging the tiny cuts 🤓 #printmaking #bayarea #artprocess #california #blockprinting

For #printpromptmonday #process a glimpse at today's #ink mixing explorations at my studio. To find the right blue, I created mixes adding burnt sienna, raw umber, or a tiny amount of black and extender. I did this with 3 different starting blues and played with proportions until I found my blue!

This weekend took a screen printing class and what a pleasure it is to be taught by someone that truly cares about the teaching part of arts education! thank you Webster! (Inky Fingers Printshop) #screenprinting #printmaking #eastbay

Does this surprise you? Or is this part of your life too? Let me know! #printmaker #artprocess #blockprints

SKY, multi block woodblock, limited edition of 33. Now available in my shop! #printmaking #woodblock Here:https://thewonderstruckshop.etsy.com/listing/4298015498

Another Saturday, another day full of joy & creativity in my workshop!This time two absolute printmaking beginners went knee deep with Chine-Collé! And the results were ah-mah-zing! Kim and Cristy, thank you for joining me! #printworkshops #eastbaycraft #Printmaker #blockprint #chinecolle

ATTENTION!!! I am teaching a deep dive on reduction printmaking next Saturday May 17th and 24th ✨✨✨ There are still spots available ✨✨✨sooooo:  Check my website for more information or message me if you have any questions! #eastbaycraft #linocutprint #reliefprintmaking #reductionprint

✨WILL BLOOM AGAIN is now finished & available in my shop! ✨ Reduction print, limited edition of 38. I crafted this image in admiration of the resilience and strength of seemingly delicate things, from flowers and people to democracies. Thoughts? Questions? Let me know! #linocutprint #reliefprint

More info on my website ! #printmaking #eastbay #bayarea

This is an old video I made the first year I tried Chine-Collé and I still find it useful in my classes so I thought I'd share ☺️ next class in Berkeley, may 3rd! #printmaking #blockprints

And the printing of WILL BLOOM AGAIN continues! I designed this linocut thinking of the resilience of the seemingly delicate poppies. Given how the times, I think it is a good time to highlight resistance & the cycle of things... #reductionprint #linocutprint #Printmaker #thewonderstruckprintmaker

Bay Area folks! I'm teaching a printmaking with Chine-Collé class! This has always been one of the most playful of my sessions and can't wait! 🤩 A few spots available, more info on my website ✨ #printmaking #linocut #blockprints

The awkward phase, I would say....#linocut #printmaking #reductionprint

Masking up for layer 2 #printmaking #linocut

Berkeley showing up! This is what democracy looks like. Btw, police started recording people's faces (we heard the instructions given even) when we arrived at the intersection with University Ave. #handsoff @berkeleyside.bsky.social @indivisible.org

This is going to take a minute...#linocut #printmaking

First layer of WILL BLOOM AGAIN, a reduction print. I think a lot about the titles of my prints and I often see them as an inseparable part of the piece in itself. Like a story or a poem made of both images and words... What does this title tell you? #linocutprint #reductionprint #printmaker

You guys! 🤩 You all know I LOVE teaching but the truth is that my participants make it so easy! I loved Janet's Fox & Crow print so much! 🤩 And on top of that, having her over was a pleasure. Am I lucky or what? ✨ #linocutprint #linocutworkshops #printworkshops

Jet lag is a beast but I am back at work after my trip and somehow I find myself working on two separate reduction prints at once…planning layers with jet lag ..I wonder if I will regret my decision… #printmaking #linocut #printpromptmonday